OBJECT LOCATION CONFIRMATION SYSTEM

• US 20140152472A1
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: DAI, Shih-Yao, TSENG, Sheng-Po
• Application Number:
  US13/714,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/065 by counting the vehicles in a section of the road or in a parking area, i.e. comparing incoming count with outgoing count
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/142 external to the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space

Abstract

An object location confirmation system for use in an area is provided. The area includes a first zone and a second zone. The object location confirmation system includes a first retrieving device, a second retrieving device, and a data processing apparatus. The first retrieving device is disposed on a path of the area to retrieve a first datum of an object. The second retrieving device is disposed in a boundary region of the second zone. The data processing apparatus is configured to receive the first datum and identify the first datum so as to generate a piece of identification information related to the object. The data processing apparatus determines and records that the object is located in the first zone when the data processing apparatus receives the identification information related to the object and has not received a second datum of the object retrieved from the second retrieving device.

Claims

1. An object location confirmation system for use in an area, the area including a first zone and a second zone adjacent to the first zone, the object location confirmation system comprising:

a first retrieving device disposed on a path of the area, being configured to retrieve a first datum related to an object;

a second retrieving device disposed in a boundary region of the second zone; and

a data processing apparatus connected to the first retrieving device and the second retrieving device respectively, being configured to identify the first datum to generate a piece of identification information corresponding to the object, wherein when the data processing apparatus identifies the first datum and generates the identification information but has not received a second datum related to the object from the second retrieving device, the data processing apparatus determines and records that the object is located in the first zone.

2. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first retrieving device and the second retrieving device is a radio frequency (RF) reader, the first datum and the second datum are a first RF signal and a second RF signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag of the object respectively, and the identification information is an RFID code.

3. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the object is a vehicle, each of the first retrieving device and the second retrieving device is a video camera, each of the first datum and the second datum is an image, and the identification information is one of a vehicle license plate identification code and a parking permit serial number.

4. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the second retrieving device is configured to retrieve the second datum of the vehicle;

the data processing apparatus further generates a piece of auxiliary identification information related to the vehicle when identifying the first datum, identifies the second datum to generate the auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle, and incorporates the second zone into the first zone according to the auxiliary identification information generated by identifying the first datum and the second datum respectively; and

the auxiliary identification information is one of a color and a manufacturer'"'"'s brand of the vehicle.

5. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data processing apparatus further comprises a counter configured to calculate a number of vacant parking plots in the first zone, and when the data processing apparatus determines that the vehicle enters into the first zone and the number of vacant parking plots is greater than zero, the counter decreases the number of vacant parking plots by one.

6. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the data processing apparatus further comprises an information identification device and a processing device electrically connected to the information identification device; and

the information identification device is configured to identify the first datum to generate the identification information corresponding to the object, and the processing device is configured to determine and record that the object is located in the first zone.

7. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data processing apparatus is further connected to an indicating device, and the indicating device is configured to indicate that the object is located in the first zone.

8. An object location confirmation system for use in an area, the area including a first zone and a second zone adjacent to the first zone, the object location confirmation system comprising:

a first data reading device disposed on a path of the area, being configured to retrieve a first datum related to an object and obtain a piece of identification information corresponding to the object according to the first datum;

a second data reading device disposed in a boundary region of the second zone; and

a data processing apparatus connected to the first data reading device and the second data reading device respectively, wherein when the data processing apparatus receives the identification information from the first data reading device but has not received the identification information from the second reading device by retrieving a second datum related to the object and obtaining the identification information corresponding to the object according to the second datum by the second data reading device, the data processing apparatus determines and records that the object is located in the first zone.

9. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the first data reading device and the second data reading device is a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, the first datum and the second datum are a first RF signal and a second RF signal from an RFID tag of the object respectively, and the identification information is an RFID code.

10. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the object is a vehicle;

each of the first data reading device and the second data reading device comprises a video camera and an identifying element electrically connected to the video camera, the video camera of each of the first data reading device and the second data reading device is configured to retrieve the first datum and the second datum related to the vehicle respectively, and each of the first datum and the second datum is an image; and

the identifying element of the first data reading device identifies the first datum and generates the identification information corresponding to the vehicle, and the identification information is one of a vehicle license plate identification code and a parking permit serial number.

11. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the data processing apparatus further comprises a counter configured to calculate a number of vacant parking plots in the first zone, and when the data processing apparatus determines that the vehicle enters into the first zone and the number of vacant parking plots is greater than zero, the counter decreases the number of vacant parking plots by one.

12. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the object is a vehicle;

the first data reading device further obtains a piece of auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle according to the first datum;

the second data reading device is configured to retrieve the second datum related to the vehicle and obtain the auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle according to the second datum; and

the data processing apparatus receives the auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle that is obtained according to the first datum and the auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle that is obtained according to the second datum, and incorporates the second zone into the first zone.

13. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 12, wherein:

each of the first data reading device and the second data reading device comprises a video camera and an identifying element electrically connected to the video camera, the video camera of each of the first data reading device and the second data reading device is configured to retrieve the first datum and the second datum related to the vehicle respectively, and each of the first datum and the second datum is an image; and

the identifying element of the first data reading device identifies the first datum and generates the identification information and the auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle, the identifying element of the second data reading device identifies the second datum and generates the auxiliary identification information corresponding to the vehicle, the identification information is one of a vehicle license plate identification code and a parking permit serial number, and the auxiliary identification information is one of a color and a manufacturer'"'"'s brand of the vehicle.

14. The object location confirmation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the data processing apparatus is further connected to an indicating device, and the indicating device is configured to indicate that the object is located in the first zone.